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This may have been mentioned before:
In WWII FDR's Executive Order 9066 authorized the internment of Japanese Americans.
It was upheld by the Supreme Court saying it was permissible to curtail the civil rights of a racial group when there is a "pressing public necessity."

[FONT=Book Antiqua]He passes to Moses - He shoots, he scores![/FONT]Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop. DOMINATE!

Shakti meaning sacred force, power or energy is the Hindu concept or personification of the divine feminine aspect, sometimes referred to as 'The Divine Mother'. Shakti represents the active, dynamic principles of feminine power. In Shaktism, Shakti is worshiped as the Supreme Being. However, in other Hindu traditions, Shakti embodies the active energy and power of male deities (Purushas), such as Vishnu in Vaishnavism or Shiva in Shaivism. Vishnu's shakti counterpart is called Lakshmi, with Parvati being the female shakti of Shiva.

[FONT=Book Antiqua]He passes to Moses - He shoots, he scores![/FONT]Mummy of the raincoat is a gigantic trollop. DOMINATE!

ANAKIM: a race of giants mentioned in the Old Testament. If they were that tall, it might be like they could "walk" on the "sky." [maybe] Or that as a powerful being, Anakin would be a giant of Force ability. [perhaps] And Darth is tall, too.

I've been reading the facinating Secret History of SW, and while I'm only through the first two chapters (over 70 pages long) which haven't even gotten to the filming of the movie time period, still lots of cool stuff.

According to the author's foot- and endnotes, the terms "bantha" and "sith" came from the John Carter of Mars stories by E.R. Burroughs. Will have to read some to find out for sure (those are on my to-be-read list now... LISTS... :drool: ).

Hoth - A German General during the war was named Hermann Hoth
Corellia - There's an Isthmus of Korelia in Norway I believe it is
Kessel - Means "pocket" in German. Such as what surrounded forces would be caught in